Boutique Blends Cigars has promoted Charlie Lopez to the position of Director of Sales. For the past 2 1/2 years, Lopez served as the account manager for Boutique Blends in the Florida market. Lopez has over 10 years of experience in the cigar industry, including owning a brick and mortar store. “I am extremely happy […]
For the past four years, Boutique Blends President Rafael Nodal has set aside time the first day of the IPCPR Trade Show for the media to give a briefing on his new releases. In this author’s opinion, this is a model that more brands should follow. Nodal pretty much provides uninterrupted access and gives his full […]
Boutique Blends Cigars is planning a new addition to its Swag Cigars brand. The company will introduce the Swag Connecticut. As the name indicates, the Swag Connecticut will feature an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper. The cigar will be showcased by Boutique Blends at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The Swag Connecticut becomes the second Ecuadorian Connecticut […]
Swag Black by Boutique Blends Cigars The Swag Black is one of four cigars launched by Boutique Blends Cigars at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. The Swag Black is the fifth blend to be released under the Swag brand. The origins of the Swag line date back to 2010 when the company was still operating under […]
Boutique Blends co-owners Rafael Nodal and Hank Bischoff were guests on the 9/4/14 edition of Stogie Geeks. The duo talked about their four new releases that were just released at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, but also mentioned some other projects that are in the works for 2014 – including a second version of its […]
The visit to the Boutique Blends booth at IPCPR is always one of the most entertaining. Company President Rafael Nodal does an outstanding job at combining passion and humor in his presentation to the media. 2014 is no exception as Nodal proudly unveiled his four releases for 2014. As Nodal explained, the bar was raised […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Boutique Blends Cigars will release its fifth blend in it Swag Cigars line. The Swag Black will feature what is described as an “almost all ligero blend of 8 to 9 year tobaccos. As with the cigars in the Swag and Aging Room Cigars line, the Swag Black will […]
For the third consecutive year, we list our best aged cigars for 2013. The purpose of this category is to look at some cigar lines that were released the previous year, and see the impacts of age on them. This year we extend the category to include ten cigars. 1) The cigars must have been […]
Rafael Nodal – President of Olveros/Boutique Blends Prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, we identified Boutique Blends as one of our “Five Spotlight Entities” (companies). Boutique Blends would spinoff the Swag and Aging Room Cigars lines of Oliveros Cigars in 2012 into a subsidiary company. The moved proved to be very successful has those […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an […]
